'Bang Bang' Outshines 'Operation 021' In Pakistan

MUMBAI: Bollywood's latest blockbuster 'Bang Bang' has outgunned the much hyped Pakistani film 'Operation 021' during the Eid holidays with exhibitors being forced to take down the local offering from single screen cinemas after adverse reactions from the audience.

Operation 021, which stars Pakistani superstar Shaan, was expected to emulate the business done by Waar last year at Eid. Waar earned over Rs 200 crores at the Pakistani box office last year.

At the famous Capri and Bambino single screen cinemas, the owners took the film off screen after just one or two shows on Eid as the crowd resorted to throwing objects at the screen, booing and demanding refund of their tickets.

They then decided to salvage the situation by scheduling in extras shows of the Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif starrer and another Pakistani release, comedy Na Maloom Afraad to replace Operation 021.

"It was a bad situation on Eid day as we had kept extra shows of Operation 021 but after the crowd rejected the movie we had no option but to pull it off screen," Adeel Siddiqui the owner of Bambino cinema told .

"We always do bonus business on Eid holidays when all shows are housefull. Unfortunately, this time things didn't go as planned. Maybe the film was just too slow paced for the average cinema goer," he said.